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Class Multisets</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>Multisets</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
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Provides static utility methods for creating and working with <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Multiset</CODE></A> instances.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Kevin Bourrillion, Mike Bostock</DD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multisets.html#immutableEntry(E, int)">immutableEntry</A></B>(E e,
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Returns an immutable multiset entry with the specified element and count.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multisets.html#intersection(com.google.common.collect.Multiset, com.google.common.collect.Multiset)">intersection</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset</A><E> multiset1,
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Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the intersection of two multisets.</TD>
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Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset.</TD>
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unmodifiableMultiset</H3>
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public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset</A><E> <B>unmodifiableMultiset</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset</A><? extends E> multiset)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset. Query operations on
the returned multiset "read through" to the specified multiset, and
attempts to modify the returned multiset result in an
<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>UnsupportedOperationException</CODE></A>.
<p>The returned multiset will be serializable if the specified multiset is
serializable.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>multiset</CODE> - the multiset for which an unmodifiable view is to be
generated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an unmodifiable view of the multiset</DL>
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immutableEntry</H3>
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public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.Entry.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset.Entry</A><E> <B>immutableEntry</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT>
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<DD>Returns an immutable multiset entry with the specified element and count.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>e</CODE> - the element to be associated with the returned entry<DD><CODE>n</CODE> - the count to be associated with the returned entry
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>n</code> is negative</DL>
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intersection</H3>
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public static <E> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset</A><E> <B>intersection</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multiset.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multiset</A><E> multiset1,
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<DD>Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the intersection of two multisets.
An element's count in the multiset is the smaller of its counts in the two
backing multisets. The iteration order of the returned multiset matches the
element set of <code>multiset1</code>, with repeated occurrences of the same
element appearing consecutively.
<p>Results are undefined if <code>multiset1</code> and <code>multiset2</code> are
based on different equivalence relations (as <code>HashMultiset</code> and
<code>TreeMultiset</code> are).
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